diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Go_VR_Flink.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Go_VR_Flink.json
index ed3d846bc7b0..939c43396fda 100644
--- a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Go_VR_Flink.json
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Go_VR_Flink.json
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
   "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run",
   "modification": 2,
   "https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/32440": "testing datastream optimizations",
+  "pr": "37640"
 }
diff --git a/runners/flink/2.0/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java b/runners/flink/2.0/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java
index 0d48526e1d0a..4a1c1cb0c5e1 100644
--- a/runners/flink/2.0/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java
+++ b/runners/flink/2.0/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.ExecutionConfig;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.RuntimeExecutionMode;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.serialization.SerializerConfigImpl;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.CheckpointingOptions;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.CoreOptions;
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ public static StreamExecutionEnvironment createStreamExecutionEnvironment(
       flinkStreamEnv.getConfig().setAutoWatermarkInterval(options.getAutoWatermarkInterval());
     }
     configureWebUIOptions(flinkStreamEnv.getConfig(), options.as(PipelineOptions.class));
+    configureCustomKryoSerializers(flinkStreamEnv.getConfig());
 
     return flinkStreamEnv;
   }
@@ -294,6 +296,14 @@ private static void configureWebUIOptions(
     }
   }
 
+  private static void configureCustomKryoSerializers(ExecutionConfig config) {
+    SerializerConfigImpl serializerConfig = (SerializerConfigImpl) config.getSerializerConfig();
+    // Force Beam schema to use JavaSerializer to fix serialization involving ImmutableMap
+    serializerConfig.registerTypeWithKryoSerializer(
+        org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema.class,
+        com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.JavaSerializer.class);
+  }
+
   private static class GlobalJobParametersImpl extends ExecutionConfig.GlobalJobParameters {
     private final Map<String, String> jobOptions;
 
diff --git a/runners/flink/flink_runner.gradle b/runners/flink/flink_runner.gradle
index 98e7d547b4d3..837561ec71b7 100644
--- a/runners/flink/flink_runner.gradle
+++ b/runners/flink/flink_runner.gradle
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ dependencies {
   // configuration (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11732).
   permitUnusedDeclared "org.apache.flink:flink-clients:$flink_version"
 
+  // align with Flink's kryo version (groupId changed)
+  if (flink_major.startsWith('2')) {
+    implementation "com.esotericsoftware:kryo:5.6.2"
+  } else {
+    implementation "com.esotericsoftware.kryo:kryo:2.24.0"
+  }
+
   implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java:$flink_version"
   testImplementation "org.apache.flink:flink-statebackend-rocksdb:$flink_version"
   testImplementation "org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java:$flink_version:tests"
diff --git a/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java b/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java
index a0e5908cc99d..de92dd94605a 100644
--- a/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java
+++ b/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/FlinkExecutionEnvironments.java
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ public static StreamExecutionEnvironment createStreamExecutionEnvironment(
     configureStateBackend(options, flinkStreamEnv);
 
     configureWebUIOptions(flinkStreamEnv.getConfig(), options.as(PipelineOptions.class));
+    configureCustomKryoSerializers(flinkStreamEnv.getConfig());
 
     return flinkStreamEnv;
   }
@@ -322,6 +323,13 @@ private static void configureWebUIOptions(
     }
   }
 
+  private static void configureCustomKryoSerializers(ExecutionConfig config) {
+    // Force Beam schema to use JavaSerializer to fix serialization involving ImmutableMap
+    config.registerTypeWithKryoSerializer(
+        org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema.class,
+        com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.JavaSerializer.class);
+  }
+
   private static class GlobalJobParametersImpl extends ExecutionConfig.GlobalJobParameters {
     private final Map<String, String> jobOptions;
 
diff --git a/sdks/go/test/build.gradle b/sdks/go/test/build.gradle
index 9302f25f8fce..11cf8edf2af6 100644
--- a/sdks/go/test/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/go/test/build.gradle
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ task dataflowValidatesRunnerARM64() {
 task flinkValidatesRunner {
   group = "Verification"
 
-  // TODO(https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/37600) use project.ext.latestFlinkVersion after resolved
-  def flinkVersion = '1.20'
+  def flinkVersion = project.ext.latestFlinkVersion
 
   dependsOn ":sdks:go:test:goBuild"
   dependsOn ":sdks:go:container:docker"